Axchi696 said:

also look at Best Buy.com- the official sponsor. MSG in August!
The whole press conf./performance was shown live on VH1 Classic, so maybe they'll make it available online...

namepeace said:

yessir.

booyah said:

Thanks for the link!!

they'll be in toronto on July 22nd.....

I was initially against the reunion to begin with, but after seeing them last night and hearing that they sound as gooda s they did back in the day with such precious little rehearsal, I think the tour will be good.

Far as them playing Sting songs, why should they? How insulting would that be for Stewart and Andy to have to play songs that have NOTHING to do with them?? They're both great musicians, they don't need Sting, and besides, it's a POLICE tour.

I'd like to hear ANYTHING that The Police released before they broke up.

I don't care if it's a "hit" or "miss"!

PFunkjazz said:

Thanx 4 the link.
First I wanna say they still sound great and ther's a little Sting-influence
on their performance,the soft,break part.
Roxanne sure isn't my fav song,they have songs and hits that are much better.
I guess it's the song the public expected.
Would love 2 see them on tour in Europe.
[Edited 2/12/07 14:02pm]

The middle part of Roxanne was dull, but they sounded really good on the whole. They're all top notch musicians.

Honestly Sting never needed to dump them. He was always the leader/songwriter. They could have switched styles as easily as him & added some horns or whatever.

I guess it was more personal issues.

oooopps.I posted this on the "Grammy" thread..hope you dont mind a re-post?


Regarding the Police tour....

If i become a member of thier fan club & pay $100. i can get tickets sooner?(& get a few perks)...or can i just sign up at best buy & have them send me a promo code?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/mar...fault2.asp

why pay $100.- when i can get advance tickets for free?.

hmm, sorry that link didnt work,,try this again..

http://www.bestbuy.ca/mar...&langid=EN

sonic said:

Because to take advantage of the best buy presale you had to sign up before Feb. 1, 2007.

hmmm...ok...but for the folks that didnt KNOW the police would be going on tour....THAT SUCKS!!!

the excitement seems to be wearing off...Im glad ive already seen them 3 times..

I just think Stewart Copeland is amazing. I love The Police. I have their complete recording set. Sting is great... but Stewart Copeland.. his percussion just drives their music. Wow.

I liked it. They kept it simple and sounded better than I thought they would after not playing together for 25 years.

And for the love of all that's holy why do I still have a crush on Andy Summers?

Real nice performance. Stewart was really into it! The way the changed the song was great, if I'd be the same thing note for note, I'd rather put on a cd then see them live. They have to make a new album! Andy has been doing jazz for years and it'd be interesting to see everyone bring something new to the table.

sonic said:

First time I'm seeing this and I've got to say I like how they've grown up. The music will sound better with the deeper cuts but as a first public performance, this isn't the worst one I've seen.

Wait for Van Halen

PFunkjazz said:

What a great f**king band. They're going to kick ass on tour.

NDRU said:

Sting wanted to do more than "power trio rock". Hence, the Blue Turtles band with sax keys percussion and also free him up from playing bass all the time. While Andy wanted to expand his prowess on guitar.

NDRU said:

That was supposed to be an improv jam, but it kinda fizzled

Like Iverson said "Practice? Practice? Practice? Practice? We talkin' 'bout practice, y'all."

PFunkjazz said:

From what I heard they did not!!! get along!!!

heartbeatocean said:

Doesn't all that sound like "musical difeerences"?

ok. not to jack your thread ... but ....

you lost me on the simon and garfunkel comment ...

i too love Paul Simon and S and G ... but to me ... i LOVED simon and garfunkel better than Paul's solo work ... to me - i cant help whenever i hear a Paul Simon album to be tempted with EVERY song to say "hmmm.. nice song .. but it would have been SO MUCH better with Art's voice in it !!! " ... case in point - Paul's new album ... i love it ... BUT ... again ... wartime prayer would be a top 20 song with S and G back together !!!

PFunkjazz said:

practice! Someone commented that the middle part would have been fine 2 hours into a concert, but not for their one big song at the Grammys, and I totally agree.

And about your above comment about bass, I guess you're right, Sting switched to guitar for Blue Turtles. And also about the others wanting more creative involvement. Stewart Copeland has become a successful soundtrack composer.
[Edited 2/13/07 10:25am]

SnidelyWhiplash said:

Wartime Prayers is perfect as is.

But that's a matter for another thread.

NDRU said:

Yeah I hadn't followed Stewie so much, but he's done a lot of composing in non-popular, non-consumer music media and a renowned teacher doing drum clinics, plus his involvement with Oysterhead was a major achievement.

We can trace all the hoo-hah of "he said, he said" press at the time of the break-up, but it appears all three had some music maturing to do.

I'm kinda stoked about the tour, but I dread the cost of these big arena shows on the circuit. The Best Buy sponsorship is pretty damn irritating. I hate being a "club member".

.
. later
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Here are direct quotes from Sting & Stewie that confirms my assertion:

Playing down questions about their well documented disagreements and arguments, Sting added: "The nature of the arguments were all about music... also hairstyles". Stewart adding "We never hated each other. We fought tooth and nails over the music, but as human beings, we always liked each other."


link: http://www.thepolicetour....p?uid=4847
[Edited 2/13/07 12:37pm]

Personally, I think The Police did exactly the right thing in terms of their Grammy performance.
Roxanne is what initially put them on the map so selecting it was very appropriate.
Not to mention it was probably one of the easiest tunes to play with minimum rehearsal.
It let you know they still have it and with more time spent in rehearsal will come out with a very strong concert set.

As for the improvised "middle section", if you think about it, this bodes well for their upcoming tour.
Although a bit shaky, it made perfect sense that capable musicians would attempt something like this.
Andy Summer's rhythmic/chordal nod to Driven To Tears (as noted by gypsyfire) is the kind of thing you'd expect from a musician who's thinking on his feet.
Hopefully they won't be a human jukebox spitting out carbon copies of the tunes just as they were recorded. How boring would that be?
Luckily, they're all good musicians that have the ability to improvise and i'd think that a by the numbers performance would not only be boring for the audience, it'd be boring for them as well.

Ultimately, it would be great if we didn't see a rehashed '80s version of The Police but a new and improved set of Y2K Cops.

I'm just hoping that the press performance at The Whiskey won't be their only L.A. stop.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

I agree with your sentiment, I wouldn't want to hear exact copies of the record either. It was just unfortunate that the new part was so dull.

At least they brought the energy back in the end, and they did sound really good, technically.

NDRU said:

I'm just happy they at least went for it.

As Miles said, Do not fear mistakes. There are none.




tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

yeah, that's fair enough. And like I said, in a concert situation I'd really expect them to do it, and be very unimpressed if they didn't.

Paul McCartney tends to do stuff just like the records, 40 years later. That's not too brave.

booyah said:

they're a british band.....they should tour europe first!

theAudience said:

Given their jazz background, I believe you are right....

I have seen Sting in concert several times and nothing is 'by the numbers' with him...

Unfortunately, I see no Atlanta stop on their tour thus far...perhaps this calls for a trip to NYC...